Section 1202(b) of the DMCA imposes liability–including potentially sizeable statutory damages awards–on users who remove or alter copyright management information (CMI) or knowingly distribute works with removed CMI. Until now, Section 1202 had been seldom used by plaintiffs, but there is a recent uptick driven by suits filed against developers of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology alleging violation of Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This Student Note provides a summary of Section 1202(b)’s history and caselaw and explains how recent AI cases have started to develop a clearer sense of Section 1202’s limits. Earlier courts that considered Section 1202(b) issues adopted a wide range of views of the statutory scope based on the plain language of the statute and its legislative history, while later courts fashioned discrete requirements for viable Section 1202(b) claims, such as the “double scienter” and “identicality” requirements. But there is very little precedent caselaw and the scope of Section 1202(b) and potential defenses, such as Article III standing, fair use, and First Amendment rights, which remain unsettled. The Note concludes with observations about how users may insulate themselves from liability in the face of an evolving Section 1202(b) litigation landscape.